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Brian Lacour

@85tigerphotos.bsky.social
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ATX based public defender and photography enthusiast. LSU grad, lover of national parks. I defend people and I take pictures. Geaux Tigers!

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Stop Trump/GOP/ICE/SCOTUS Reign of Terror Against America. @iampilgrim.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.” ― James Baldwin
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
www.kut.org/education/20... Here we go. Is this how they muzzle independent media?
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UT Austin leadership fires KUT General Manager Debbie Hiott
The decision was effective immediately, according to Anita L. Vangelisti, the interim dean of the Moody College of Communication at UT. An interim general manager would be named as soon as Tuesday, sh...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.
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😱 Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🔪 🩸 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 27/05/2024
Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
“You are an abolitionist, ain’t you?”
“As to that, I cannot so readily answer. If by abolitionist you mean a zealot, I am none; but if you mean a man, who, being a man, feels for all men, slaves included, and by any lawful act, opposed to nobody’s interest, and therefore, rousing nobody’s enmity, would willingly abolish suffering (supposing it, in its degree, to exist) from among mankind, irrespective of color, then am I what you say.”
“Picked and prudent sentiments. You are the moderate man, the invaluable understrapper of the wicked man. You, the moderate man, may be used for wrong, but are useless for right.”
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Portrait of @anoushanou.bsky.social
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
@anoushanou.bsky.social by me.
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
CBS news is dead to me.
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Glacier National Park Montana
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
My friend fosters kittens.
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Some older photos from Glacier NP
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Thomas Jefferson was 44 when he began what many in 2025 STILL consider a romantic tryst or loving affair with Sally Hemings. Ms. Hemings had no legal capacity to consent to such a relationship not only because she was enslaved, Jefferson's property, BUT ALSO BECAUSE SHE WAS 14-YEARS-OLD. /1
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson
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Earthjustice @earthjustice.org · 16/06/2025
Kim Terrell exposed how petrochemical companies disproportionately pollute Black communities in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley—which can cause cancer, premature births, and low birth weights.
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Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research
A Tulane University researcher has resigned, citing censorship from university leaders. Kim Terrell, a researcher with the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, resigned Wednesday, saying in a letter the u...
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I saw this on my way to get lunch. Sometimes the best camera is the one you have on you. iPhone photo downtown Austin.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
From November: “The vast majority of mainstream media pundits,& the most prominent political party analysts are simply ill-equipped to speak or report w/knowledge, context, sophistication,or authority about how race shapes American politics & electoral outcomes.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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Why Have Race and Gender Been Erased from Analysis of the Presidential Election? Part 2
So why wasn’t race or gender the focus of post-election analysis?
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I would suggest it will take decades for the justice department to regain the trust of the judiciary.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The most "unifying" politician of my lifetime is Barack Obama, who tried to bring radicalizing conservatives back from the brink with his unwavering moderation in all things and his overlooking of the Bush admin's criminality. Instead, they saw a Black President and it broke their brains.
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Portrait of one of our hosts at a desert camp near Merzouga, Morocco.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 16/03/2025
Just in case you forgot, Musk spent at least $250 million to get Trump elected.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I feel as if the government of the United States should be willing, and able, to answer the question “is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?”
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
ny times, the most well financed, praised news source on the planet, able to influence govts, institutions, etc: "here's some lie, dont fact check it, just trust us" me, who failed high school geometry, googling while waiting for a burger: "yeah, that's not true." www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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New York Times caught passing off GOP flack as average Black voter
The New York Times published a story pushing the idea that support for President Donald Trump from a young Black man was organic, but the paper hid a key fact�from its readers. On Thursday night, I ....
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Wokest Superbowl ever. Gaga, NOLA culture, Trombone Shorty, Terrance Blanchard, … two Black quarterbacks and Kendrick Lamar, plus my line sister @ledisi.bsky.social singing the Black National Anthem. This is actually amazing and I love it ❤️
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 04/01/2025
The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ? So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky If you could, please help us regain our following Follow Retweet and Repeat ;-) Together we can change the world.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
"Those affected by Mr. Biden’s action, all of whom were convicted of murder, will serve life imprisonment without the possibility of parole instead of facing execution." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/u...
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Biden Commutes 37 Death Sentences Ahead of Trump’s Plan to Resume Federal Executions (Gift Article)
Those affected by the president’s action on Monday are still subject to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Three men will remain on federal death row.
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Trump, Our public lands are not for sale. Sincerely, Earthling
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Brian Lacour @85tigerphotos.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
This is my go to comfort food, a big pot of red beans.
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